RESERVOIR OF ORELLANA
- Built in 1961 on the Guadiana River, it has a capacity of 808 hm 3 and an extension of 400 km 2
- Coordinates UTM: 30S 0280423 - 4318386
- Environment declared as a Special Protection Area for Birds, Special Conservation Area and Site of Community Interest "Orellana and Sierra de Pela Reservoir".We also find in this area the Periurban Park of Conservation and Leisure Dehesa de Moheda (Navalvillar de Pela). The Orellana Reservoir is considered a Wet Zone of International Importance by the RAMSAR Convention.
GALERÍA EMBALSE DE ORELLANA
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FISH IN THE AREA
- Iberian Barbel
- Loach
- Freshwater blenny
- Carp
- Tench
- Crucian Carp
- Black bass
- Catfish
- Channel Catfish
- Gambusia
- Pike
- Pumpkinseed
Among these species stand out the pikes for their abundance, to the point that the reservoir has been nicknamed popularly as "Swamp of the thousand pikes."
BIRDS IN THE AREA
- Common Crane
- Common Tern
- Cormorant
- Red-crested Pochard
- Northern Shoveler
- Little Grebe
- Gull-billed Tern
- Stork
ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE WILDLIFE
- Red Crab
- Hare
- Otter
MOST CHARACTERISTIC VEGETATION
- Holm oak
- Wild Olive
- Gall Oak
- Strawberry Tree
- Kermes Oak
- Mastic
- Laurestine
- Gum Rockrose
- Heather
- Rockrose
- Rosemary
- Sage-leaved Rockrose
- Broom
- Common Hawthorn
- Pine tree
- Eucalyptus
- Flueggea Tinctorea
- Oleander